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Showing 1 to 20 of 61 for “"Chinatown"”.
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Interior Chinatown: Chinatown as a Performative Space
… thesis focuses on Charles Yu’s <em>Interior Chinatown: A Novel</em> (2020), exploring the function of Chinatown in Los Angeles within the novel as a space of creation, that of “Asia” for Hollywood and home for Taiwanese immigrants. I argue that <em>Interior Chinatown</em> offers a unique look …
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Chinatown: Place and Memory, A Case Study of St. Louis' Chinatown
<p>A mere mention of the word Chinatown and images of a colorful and lively Asian community come to the mind of many people. Chinatowns are city neighborhoods where one visits for the inexpensive Oriental delicacies as well as a glimpse of life in the Far East. Chinatowns, in the eyes of outsiders, …
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An apartment building in Boston's Chinatown
Thesis (B.Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1962.
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Boston Chinatown : housing and land development strategies.
Thesis. 1979. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Molding the unshapely structure : rebuilding Boston Chinatown
… form in an ethnic community, in this case Boston Chinatown. The study does not propose a detailed urban design framework but calls for a sensitivity in future design interventions for strengthening the cohesive character of the district. . Contrary to conventional planning approaches which aim to …
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A culture arts center for Boston Chinatown
Thesis (M.Arch)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1980.
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New opportunities for Boston's Chinatown : turnpike air rights
Boston's Chinatown is a regional business, cultural and service center to the Asian community in greater Boston area. However, it is confronting serious problems at this moment. These problems can be classified as three aspects: housing, connection and amenity. The shrinking of the territory and …
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New development : friend or foe to Chinatown small businesses?
Chinatowns in cities like Boston, New York, or Philadelphia have well established reputations as vibrant ethnic neighborhoods that draw tourists as well as working-Chinese immigrants. The individual businesses that line the streets of Chinatown are crucial to creating these unique urban …
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But we have no legends : the conservation of Singapore's Chinatown
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1982.
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Edge as place : building a community link in Boston's Chinatown
… one design a building that identifies with the Chinatown community without applying the usual "pagoda" kitsch? This thesis takes Boston 2000, a urban development plan for the Central Artery Project, as a starting point for an exploration on the above design problems with special attention paid …
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But we have no legends : the conservation of Singapore's Chinatown
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1982.
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Growth for Whom? Sacrifice of Chicago’s Chinatown Then and Now
… widespread displacement and destruction of many Chinatowns across America, including Chicago’s. The history of Chicago’s Chinatown tells a story of a community that has always been an afterthought in city planning and priority, continually sidelined for the purposes of “broader” city goals. …
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Exploring Place Attachment and Impacts of Landscape Changes in Victoria's Chinatown
… community leaders and stakeholders in Victoria’s Chinatown understand and respond to changes in the area’s physical and symbolic environment. Using qualitative methods, including interviews, TripAdvisor reviews, and document analysis, the study examines how people form emotional, cognitive, and …
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A Jail Is Not Social Housing: making new grounds for Chinatown
… story begins at the site of The Tombs, a jail in Chinatown that is currently being doubled in size as a part of a distributed alternative to the Rikers Island Jail. The new megajail will have capacity to house up to 886 people in detention and will include space for on-site services and …
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Repositioning Chinatown Las Vegas : theming authenticity and theory of boring architecture
… race is in progress to build the world's largest Chinatown. St. Petersburg and Dubai's are under construction and London is talking about it. Las Vegas belatedly joins the competition. The city already boasts the fist planned Chinatown - although it's just a strip mall. Learning from the success …
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Exploring Trauma-Informed Practice and Equity in Vancouver’s DTES and Chinatown Programming
… Buildings (SROs) in Vancouver’s DTES and Chinatown neighbourhoods. The research question was: How might the Collaborative explore the connection between trauma-informed practice (TIP) and equity in their Chinatown and DTES programming? The project methodology followed a systemic action …
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Speaking Up For Generic Asians in Charles Yu’s <em>Interior Chinatown</em>
… Americans. I will use Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown as a framework to express the major issues faced by the Asian American community and the concern brought up by implications made within the novel. Scholars such as Kent A. Ono and Vincent N. Pham and their book, Asian Americans and the …
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Art, Repair, and Spatial Justice in Boston's Chinatown and Seattle's International District
… spatial justice in Boston and Seattle’s historic Chinatowns. Building off of planning scholars Rashad Akeem William and Leonie Sandercock’s work framing the role of affect and emotions in healing planning conflicts, I will analyze how these projects support their community’s efforts to repair past …
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